Perception S.P.E.C.I.A.L
Notes
Bonuses received from leveling the Perception perk:
Pickpocket - Perception 1
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | Your quick hands and sticky fingers make picking pockets 25% easier. | |
2 | 6 | Picking pockets is now 50% easier. You can place a live grenade in a person’s inventory. |
3 | 17 | Picking pockets is now 75% easier, and you can steal equipped weapons. |
4 | 30 | Picking pockets is now twice as easy, and you can steal equipped items. |
Rifleman - Perception 2
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | Keep your distance long and your kill-count high. Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 20% more damage. | |
2 | 9 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 40% more damage and ignore 15% of a target’s armor. |
3 | 18 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 60% more damage and ignore 20% of a target’s armor. |
4 | 31 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 80% more damage and ignore 25% of a target’s armor. They also have a slight chance of crippling a limb. |
5 | 46 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do double damage and ignore 30% of a target’s armor. They also have a slightly higher chance of crippling a limb. |
Awareness - Perception 3
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | To defeat your enemies, know their weaknesses! You can view a target’s specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S. | |
2 | 14 | Knowing their weaknesses lets you attack more efficiently. 5% increase to hit chance and damage dealt to VATS targets. |
Locksmith - Perception 4
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | Your nimble fingers allow you to pick Advanced locks. | |
2 | 7 | You can pick Expert locks. |
3 | 18 | You can pick Master locks. |
4 | 41 | Your bobby pins never break during lockpicking. |
Demolition Expert - Perception 5
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | The bigger the boom, the better! Your explosives do 25% more damage, and you can craft explosives at any chemistry station. | |
2 | 10 | Your explosives do 50% more damage, and grenades gain a throwing arc. |
3 | 22 | Your explosives do 75% more damage and affect a larger area. |
4 | 34 | Your explosives now do double damage. Mines and grenades shot in V.A.T.S explode for double damage, too. |
Night Person - Perception 6
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | You are a creature of the night! Gain +2 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. | |
2 | 25 | You now have +3 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and night vision when sneaking. |
3 | 37 | You have 30 extra health between the hours of 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM. |
Refractor - Perception 7
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | You must be part mirror! Instantly gain +10 Energy Resistance. | |
2 | 11 | You now have +20 Energy Resistance. |
3 | 21 | You now have +30 Energy Resistance. |
4 | 35 | You now have +40 Energy Resistance. |
5 | 42 | You now have +50 Energy Resistance. |
Sniper - Perception 8
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | It’s all about focus. You have improved control and can hold your breath longer when aiming with scopes. | |
2 | 13 | Non-automatic, scoped rifles have a chance of knocking down your target. Chance is 15% |
3 | 26 | Non-automatic, scoped rifles gain +25% accuracy to head shot in V.A.T.S. |
Penetrator - Perception 9
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | There’s no place to hide! In V.A.T.S you can target an enemy’s body parts that are blocked by cover, with a decrease in accuracy. | |
2 | 28 | In V.A.T.S when you target an enemy’s body parts that are blocked by cover, there is no decrease in accuracy. |
Concentrated Fire - Perception 10
Rank | Character Level | Description |
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1 | Stay Focused! In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +10% accuracy. | |
2 | 26 | In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +15% accuracy. |
3 | 50 | In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +20% accuracy and does 20% more damage. |
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